Quotes About Character

A role is never just a ready-made thing.

I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty.

Ronald Reagan knew who he was. Barack Obama is still working through that equation politically.

Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end.

I don't think anybody is - no one could compare to Ronald Reagan, because he was the right man at the right time.

He may not have been a good actor, and I personally don't think he was a good president, but I'll tell you this: Ronald Reagan was a helluva character.

Trump is the opposite of everything Reagan was.

Better to just be real. Show up and do your job and be a nice person.

The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations.

Class is real. It can't be faked.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

I'm not a glamour boy, and I never get the girl. I like to play old people, because there's something to them. Did you ever see anybody under 30 with any real character or expression in his face?

I don't think I was bubbly in 'Oohalu Gusagusalade.' It was a real character.

The real deal is always going to win in the end.

Howie Mandel is the real deal.

Paul was the real deal. Both in the movie business and real life.

I was brought up not to be selfish or self-centered. So if you play somebody who isn't so lovable, you can play that person and no one will turn on you. I don't want to play that person in real life. Because then people won't like me so much.

I can't act, and so I have to live that particular character in my real life and then exhibit it on screen.

In cartoons and in improv, anything can happen. You can be any character you want. The rules of real life don't always apply.

When I was in college, I did sort of want to be a journalist. Being an actor, you kind of have the same interest. You go into a story, and you tell it from your point of view for people who aren't there. That's what an actor does with a character. But the real life is more more interesting.

The character in 'Arya' was so close to my real life persona. The director saw me once and felt I was the right guy for the role because my body language was so flamboyant. In real life, too, I am very peppy and full of life.

We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too.

In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.